KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Three people face charges after the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit and Organized Retail Crime Unit found six pounds of meth and five pounds of marijuana in a minivan, KCSO said.
Just after midnight on Friday, KCSO tried to stop a Dodge Caravan as part of an operation targeting the Detroit-to-Knoxville drug pipeline, law enforcement said. According to KCSO, the vehicle fled.
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After a brief chase, detectives searched the minivan and found the drugs as well as more than $5,000 in drug proceeds, KCSO wrote.
“Congratulations to our Narcotics Unit for their hard work and consistent dedication to taking drugs out of our community,” said Sheriff Tom Spangler…